64 – The judge Abū al-Qāsim informed us; Abū ʿAlī narrated to us; ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣāliḥ related to me; Abū Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh narrated to us, from ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Walīd, from Abū Miḥṣan, who said:

A man came to al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī and asked him to accompany him in settling a matter. Al-Ḥusayn replied, “I am in iʿtikāf (ritual seclusion in the mosque).” The man then went to al-Ḥasan and told him what had happened. Al-Ḥasan said, “If he had walked with him, it would have been better than that seclusion. By Allah, for me to walk with you to see to your need is dearer to me than remaining in iʿtikāf for a whole month.”